Developers need to create applications that respect these rights.
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/03/best-practices-respect-mobile-user-bill-rights
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martes, 6 de marzo de 2012
Mobile User Privacy Bill of Rights
Gigabyte intros U2442 ultrabooks P2542G gaming notebook
Gigabyte has introduced several new notebooks, including two 14-inch ultrabooks and a 15.6-inch gaming notebook. The ultrabooks include two variants, the U2442N with standard-voltage Core i5 or i7 processors, and the U2442V with ultra-low voltage Core i5 and i7 chips for improved battery life.......
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http://techtime.posterous.com/gigabyte-intros-u2442-ultrabooks-p2542g-gamin
Will Social Media Predict Super Tuesday Election Results
Analysis of Facebook, blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn and more show different outcomes than traditional polls predict.
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http://news.discovery.com/tech/super-tuesday-social-media-120305.html
InYourFace Can Computers Catch You Telling a Lie
Research suggests that software might be better than law-enforcement officials at detecting a lie.
But will it really work?
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=automated-lie-detection
Next Wave of StartUps Going Public
The Silicon Valley's initial public offering machine is shifting to a new sweet spot: business technology companies.
While attention is on Facebook's upcoming IPO, companies like Palo Alto Networks and Splunk are gearing up for their own offerings.
Source:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203986604577255452644418264.html
Reports Raise Questions About Who Has Access To Your Facebook Profile
Gawker started a row against Facebook last month by pointing out some of the moderators it outsources work to in Morocco, India and other countries are paid $1 per day.
As Forbes points out, Gawker initially made a non-story into a story: while $1 per day is not great, it does amount to the standard minimum wage in the countries where Facebook is sending work. "One of the problems is that many people don't quite understand how poor many parts of
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/reports_raise_questions_about_who_has_access_to_yo.php
lunes, 5 de marzo de 2012
Why It Took So Long to Invent the Wheel
The wheel seems like a primitive invention, but it actually only happened fairly recently, and was a major accomplishment.
Source:
http://www.livescience.com/18808-invention-wheel.html
Samsung Galaxy S III launch reportedly confirmed for April
The sequel to Samsungs wildly popular Galaxy S II will launch in April.
The technology giant is reportedly planning a huge campaign in the United Kingdom, one of the Galaxy S IIIs initial launch markets, and the focus of the ad blitz will be this years Summer Olympics, which will take place in London. ZDNet Korea claims to have confirmed the time frame with Cheil Worldwide, Samsungs marketing and advertising agency.
Anonymous Decentralized and Uncensored FileSharing is Booming TorrentFreak
The file-sharing landscape is slowly adjusting in response to the continued push for more anti-piracy tools, the final Pirate Bay verdict, and the raids and arrests in the Megaupload case.
Faced with uncertainty and drastic changes at file-sharing sites, many users are searching for secure, private and uncensored file-sharing clients. Despite the image its name suggests, RetroShare is one such future-proof client.
Source:
http://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-decentralized-and-uncensored-file-sharing-is-booming-120302/
Twist Assassin039s Creed III to be Set During American Revolution
After what's felt like a lifetime of playing Ezio's, well, entire life, Assassin's Creed is finally in for a much-requested/angrily demanded change of scenery. More specifically, the American Revolution is about to get a massive shipment of conveniently placed hay bales, which have somehow been imbued with the magical power to muffle the sound of a 170 lb or so man falling 100 feet. But we digress. So far, Ubisoft's only officially sent along a box shot of AC III's tomahawk-wielding main character making a British soldier's head revolt from the rest of his body, but�All Games Beta�has managed to...
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/gaming/twist_assassins_creed_iii_be_set_during_american_revolution
Apple App Store Makes History with 25 Billion Downloads
Go ahead and pat yourself on the back if you've ever downloaded an application from Apple's App Store.
If you have, then you've contributed to Apple's crazy achievement of serving up 25 billion App Store downloads (and to Cupertino's ongoing cash cow). Apple doled out its 25 billionth App Store download sometime today and hasn't had time to...
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http://hothardware.com/News/Apple-App-Store-Makes-History-with-25-Billion-Downloads/
Darpa Warns Your iPhone Is a Military Threat
There's a growing threat to the U.S. military, according to the Pentagon's premier research wing.
No, it's not Iran's nukes or China's missiles. It's the iPads, Android phones and other gadgets we all carry around with us every day.
Source:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/02/darpa-iphone/
domingo, 4 de marzo de 2012
Apple takes credit for over half a million US jobs
To be exact, Apple said it created or supported� approximately 514,000 U.S. jobs.
About 304,000 (47,000 at Apple) are in fields such as engineering, manufacturing, and transportation, and 210,000 are attributed to the iOS app economy.
Source:
http://9to5mac.com/2012/03/02/apple-takes-credit-for-514000-u-s-jobs/
Samsung intros webbased ChatON messaging app for browsers
Samsung has released an web-based version of its ChatON messaging utility, expanding the potential reach beyond native apps for popular smartphone platforms such as Android and iOS. Users can now switch between mobile devices and desktop browsers without breaking away from Samsung's messaging service.......
Invisible Mercedes
When Mercedes wanted to promote its new fuel cell vehicle, instead of placing it squarely in front of everyone in the world, the company decided to make the ...
Google Assistant may become semiopen equivalent to Siri
Apparent new leaks have suggested Google is developing a very broad, multi-platform alternative to Siri. So far called Assistant, the concept TechCrunch saw would translate Google's search content into a "personalization layer" that would understand the relationships between data points. A voice-based recognition engine would, like Apple's system, focus on returning a key useful result or accomplishing a task, not just pushing a raw list of results.......
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http://techtime.posterous.com/google-assistant-may-become-semi-open-equival
Photoshop CS6 New Feature Will Awesomely Fake a Shallow Depth Of Field
Here's a peek from Photoshop Product Manager Stephen Nielsen of a tool that will add blur to any image without masks, layers or depth maps.
Intel Ivy Bridge said still on track for late April
Intel's own claims that its Ivy Bridge platform had been moved back to June might have been unintentionally conservative. New leaks on Saturday to Digitimes had the 22-nanometer processors shipping in late April, setting them back only by a few weeks. As expected, the initial supply would be higher-end Core i5 and i7 processors....
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Quadrotors These aerial robots fly to a different drummer
UPenn prof shows off flying mini robots during TED2012 talk; James Bond theme like you've never heard it
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/quadrotors-these-aerial-robots-fly-different-drummer
Windows 8 Consumer Preview has impressive 1M downloads in 24 hours
The interface of Microsofts forthcoming OS embraces Microsofts Metro theme already seen on the Xbox and Windows Phone 7.
It also features an app store, a la Mac, and a complete rebuild of the architecture behind the operation system.
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